Hindrances to Growth and Service

Many things can hinder our Christian growth and ability to worship and serve Jesus Christ effectively.  We all have an area or areas in our life that needs special attention and application of discipline so that we are not hindered in our daily race.  It differs for each person, for one persons strength may be another one’s weakness.  But we all have areas that are weak that could use strengthening.  The danger is in thinking that all we need to do is offset this weakness with one of our strengths.  But when it comes to Holy Living, trying to offset sinfulness or ungodliness with righteousness and holiness is ineffective and trips us up in our living for the Lord.  This is because godliness and holiness is corrupted by sinfulness and selfishness.  They don’t just weigh us down; they trip us up so that we ineffectually run the race.  So it behooves us to take a look at those hindrances and strive to win mastery in them through Christ who strengthens and gives us the victory!